New Texas vanity plates get an extra letter

DALLAS (AP) - Beginning this week, Texans have a little moreleeway to get personal with their license plate. Vanity plates may now contain seven characters, rather than thetraditional six. The only catch: the first letter must be a "T." The so-called T plate gives drivers a second chance to nab namesand words claimed long ago by other drivers. Kim Miller Drummond, a spokeswoman for My Plates, the companyselling the plates for the Department of Motor Vehicles, said 43were sold on Monday, the first day they were offered. Among themwere T GOLDEN, T RANCHR and T MIZZOU. But plates bearing an extra character won't come cheap. Expectto pay $95 a year, or as much as $495 for 10 years if you want tokeep the plate that long.

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